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USN-4155-2: Aspell vulnerability aspell vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.10 Summary Aspell could be made to expose sensitive information if it received a specially crafted input. Software Description aspell – GNU Aspell spell-checker Details USN-4155-1 fixed a vulnerability in Aspell. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 19.10. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Aspell incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could potentially access sensitive information. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.10 aspell – 0.60.7-3ubuntu0.1 libaspell15 – 0.60.7-3ubuntu0.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References USN-4155-1 CVE-2019-17544 Source: USN-4155-2: Aspell vulnerability

USN-4157-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.04 Summary Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software Description linux – Linux kernel linux-aws – Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems linux-azure – Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems linux-gcp – Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems linux-kvm – Linux kernel for cloud environments linux-raspi2 – Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi 2 linux-snapdragon – Linux kernel for Snapdragon processors Details Wen Huang discovered that the Marvell Wi-Fi device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly perform bounds checking, leading to a heap overflow. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-14814, CVE-2019-14815, CVE-2019-14816) Matt [ more… ]

USN-4156-2: SDL vulnerabilities libsdl1.2 vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM Ubuntu 12.04 ESM Summary Several security issues were fixed in SDL. Software Description libsdl1.2 – Simple DirectMedia Layer debug files Details USN-4156-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in SDL. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that SDL incorrectly handled certain images. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted image file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause SDL to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM libsdl1.2debian – 1.2.15-8ubuntu1.1+esm1 Ubuntu 12.04 ESM libsdl1.2debian – 1.2.14-6.4ubuntu3.2 To update your system, please follow [ more… ]

USN-4156-1: SDL vulnerabilities libsdl1.2 vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in SDL. Software Description libsdl1.2 – Simple DirectMedia Layer Details It was discovered that SDL incorrectly handled certain images. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted image file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause SDL to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libsdl1.2debian – 1.2.15+dfsg2-0.1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libsdl1.2debian – 1.2.15+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References CVE-2019-13616 CVE-2019-7572 CVE-2019-7573 CVE-2019-7574 CVE-2019-7575 CVE-2019-7576 CVE-2019-7577 CVE-2019-7578 CVE-2019-7635 [ more… ]

USN-4155-1: Aspell vulnerability aspell vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.04 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 ESM Ubuntu 12.04 ESM Summary Aspell could be made to expose sensitive information if it received a specially crafted input. Software Description aspell – GNU Aspell spell-checker Details It was discovered that Aspell incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could potentially access sensitive information. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04 aspell – 0.60.7~20110707-6ubuntu0.1 libaspell15 – 0.60.7~20110707-6ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS aspell – 0.60.7~20110707-4ubuntu0.1 libaspell15 – 0.60.7~20110707-4ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS aspell – 0.60.7~20110707-3ubuntu0.1 libaspell15 – 0.60.7~20110707-3ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 14.04 ESM aspell – 0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu1+esm1 libaspell15 – 0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu1+esm1 Ubuntu 12.04 ESM aspell – 0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu0.1 libaspell15 – 0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu0.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In [ more… ]